West Nile control spraying planned

The Franklin County West Nile Program will be conducting a mosquito control operation to reduce high populations of mosquitoes capable of transmitting West Nile virus Monday, July 28, in parts of Chambersburg and Greene and Guilford townships.

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Waynesboro Record Herald - Waynesboro, PA

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Posted Jul. 26, 2014 at 1:00 PM

Posted Jul. 26, 2014 at 1:00 PM

The Franklin County West Nile Program will be conducting a mosquito control operation to reduce high populations of mosquitoes capable of transmitting West Nile virus Monday, July 28, in parts of Chambersburg and Greene and Guilford townships.

The treatments will be administered via truck-mounted equipment, spraying residential and recreational mosquito habitat. The product is designed to provide quick, effective control of adult mosquitoes. The application material has a very low toxicity profile to mammals and will have negligible impact to non-target insects and the environment.

Certain mosquito species carry the West Nile virus, which can cause humans to contract West Nile encephalitis, an infection that can result in an inflammation of the brain. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Health, all residents in areas where virus activity has been identified are at risk of contracting West Nile encephalitis.